How to Install and Uninstall prism2-usb-firmware-installer Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "prism2-usb-firmware-installer" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install prism2-usb-firmware-installer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "prism2-usb-firmware-installer" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall prism2-usb-firmware-installer on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the prism2-usb-firmware-installer package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: prism2-usb-firmware-installer
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 158
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tormod Volden
Architecture: amd64
Source: linux-wlan-ng
Version: 0.2.9+dfsg-5
Depends: wget, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/l/linux-wlan-ng/prism2-usb-firmware-installer_0.2.9+dfsg-5_amd64.deb
Size: 9444
MD5sum: 61661a82fe11d0c083d660bf3da3a33c
SHA1: c0af16328d032a847a796e327ecd7f0077e1c503
SHA256: cc1b8a1383015a0e52d90b77bbd025c934ffea2b3b08fe2d60ec802269e50254
Description-en: firmware files for the prism2_usb kernel driver
prism2-usb-firmware-installer will at the time of its own installation
download the firmware files for the prism2_usb devices from the
upstream code repository and convert them to the format used by the
kernel modules since 2.6.32.
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The downloaded file will be used as-is by the 2.6.31 kernel. If you
have an earlier kernel you will have to install the
linux-wlan-ng-firmware package instead.
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Note that only some adapters really need a firmware file and that
firmware files are not completely free (in the sense of freely
redistributable), which is why this package exists.
Description-md5: 4a757697db0ef832e39c056901afb941
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu